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On 1 November ESA and Isar Aerospace, supported by Andøya Spaceport, signed a contract extension to develop an efficient new flight tracking and safety system for future rocket launches with Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum launch vehicle from Andøya.
From left: Jorgen Bru, ESA commercial services manager for space transportation, Rada Popova, Legal Counsel at Isar Aerospace, Daniel Metzler, CEO and Co-Founder at Isar Aerospace, Josef Fleischmann, COO/CTO and Co-Founder at Isar Aerospace, Jon Harr, Operations Director at Andøya Spaceport, and Alexandre Dalloneau, VP Mission and Launch Operations at Isar Aerospace.Isar Aerospace’s two-stage launch vehicle Spectrum will be around 28 m tall, 2 m in diameter and its ten engines will launch payloads of up to 1000 kg to low Earth orbit.
Isar Aerospace has completed its latest development test campaig for its Aquila engines firing for 260 seconds over multiple times – more than the engine needs to fire for a flight. The test exceeded expectations by firing one of the engines six separate times without refurbishment. The company is now carrying out acceptance testing of the engines for Spectrum’s first flight and is working on last milestones such as stage testing.
Isar Aerospace’s two-stage launch vehicle Spectrum will be around 28 m tall, 2 m in diameter and its ten engines will launch payloads of up to 1000 kg to low Earth orbit.
Andøya Spaceport, located at Nordmela on the Norwegian island of Andøya, has finished construction of the first step of building: initial operation capability. The first launch from the new spaceport will be Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum for which the launch pad, payload integration facilities and launch and mission control have been finalised.